Tag: Biology

Snakes disembowel and feed on the organs of living toads in a first for science

Credit: Winai Suthanthangjai While the majority of snakes would normally swallow their prey whole, the Small-banded Kukri Snake seems to ...

AI learns to trace neuronal pathways

Credit: Mitra lab/CSHL, 2020 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) scientists have taught computers to recognize a neuron in microscope images ...

Recording thousands of nerve cell impulses at high resolution

Credit: ETH Zurich / Xinyue Yuan For over 15 years, ETH Professor Andreas Hierlemann and his group have been developing ...

Bird brains are surprisingly complex

Innovative microscopy method reveals unexpected similarities between mammals and birdsCredit: Copyright: HHU Düsseldorf / Herold et al. Some birds can ...

Lipids, lysosomes, and autophagy: The keys to preventing kidney injury

A team of researchers led by Osaka University unravel a tangle of pathways involving calcium, lipids, and the degradation of ...

Inside mitochondria and their fascinating genome

Credit: EPFL / Alain Herzog Mitochondria are present in all eukaryotic cells: in our cells, in mammalian cells, in the ...

Surplus sugar helps whiteflies detoxify plant defenses

This pest insect uses sugar from its food to prevent the activation of the mustard oil bomb in cruciferous plantsCredit: ...

COVID-19: Saliva tests could detect silent carriers

Credit: Isao Yokota et al., Clinical Infectious Diseases, September 25, 2020 Testing self-collected saliva samples could offer an easy and ...

Sentinels of ocean acidification impacts survived Earth’s last mass extinction

Credit: Katja Peijnenburg, Erica Goetze, Deborah Wall-Palmer, Lisette Mekkes. Two groups of tiny, delicate marine organisms, sea butterflies and sea ...

Genetic differences in body fat shape men and women’s health risks

Credit: Courtesy Civelek lab New research is revealing how genetic differences in the fat in men's and women's bodies affect ...

Scientists kill cancer cells by ‘shutting the door’ to the nucleus

Proof-of-concept study shows that stopping the construction of nuclear pore complexes selectively kills cancer cellsCredit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery ...

Maximizing cures and minimizing side effects in children with Hodgkin lymphoma

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network publishes free treatment recommendations for pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma, adding to growing library of pediatric cancer ...

Tests indicate modern oral nicotine products elicit lower toxicity responses than cigs

Credit: Bat-science.com New research by BAT indicates that modern oral products (MOPs) showed lower toxicity responses in certain assays than ...

Stem cells can repair Parkinson’s-damaged circuits in mouse brains

Credit: UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- The mature brain is infamously bad at repairing itself following damage like that caused by ...

A new twist on public health tick surveillance

UMass Amherst scientists to capture the outdoor locations of people with tick-borne diseasesCredit: UMass Amherst A University of Massachusetts Amherst ...

A better alternative to Phthalates?

NIST researchers measure DINCH levels in women to better understand its effectsCredit: A. Holt/NIST Detergents, shampoos, soaps and other everyday ...

“Stretching rack” for cells

An ingenious device, only a few micrometers in size, enables to study the reaction of individual biological cells to mechanical ...

The surprising organization of avian brains

A research team clears up 150 years of false assumptionsCredit: RUB, Biopsychlogy. These findings refute 150-year-old assumptions. The team, published ...

Secure nano-carrier delivers medications directly to cells